Electric-motor-starting device.



G. J. ANDERSON. ELECTRIC MOTOR STARTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14,1910.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

C. J. A ERSON.

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Patented 16, 1912.

C. J. ANDERSGN. ELECTRIC MOTOR STARTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY14,1910.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

SHEBTEFSHBET 3.

G. J. ANDERSON.

ELECTRIC MOTOR STARTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14,1910.

1,023,491 Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

4 SHBETSSHEIIT 4.

Warmly/111 MAQ/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CARL J. ANDEBS ON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ELECTRIC-MOTOR-STARTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

Application filed Iuly 14, 1910. Serial No. 571L891.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARI. J. ANDERSON,

a citizen of the 'United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cooli,

and State of Illinois, have invented certain improvements in such devices.

In theaccompanyin drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation, ig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. t is a partial section online 44 of Fig. 1, some parts bein in elevation and some parts being omitted, ig. 5 is a transverse section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 1 parts being in elevation, Fig. 7 is a sectional detail, Fig. 8 is a partial detail being a plan representing a' section substantially on line 88' of Fig. 4, Fig. -9 is a diagram of the electric circuits controlled by the device.

The various parts of this device are mounted upon a board 10. On the lower left handportion of this board is a magnet 11 which controls an armature lever 12 pivoted at 13 near the bottom of the board.

The distance this armature falls away from the magnet 11 is controlled by a sto 13 secured to the magnet 11 and a hoo 14 on the armature lever 12. These are merely conveniences, as the armature lever may have its stopping device in any other form or at any other place.

At the upper end of the lever 12 is an adjustable contact point 15 which is adapted to engage a carbon contact 16 supported by a spring 17 in a casing or hollow post 18. Secured near the lower end of lhe armature lever 12 is a spring 19 on the upper end of which is secured a contact piece 20 adapted to e age another carbon contact 21 Sup port in a clampiru; device 22. Near the tacts 26 supported in clamping devices 27.

The inner ends of these contacts 26 are secured topins 27 which are screwed into the plate 10. By releasing the clam 27 and turning the carbon contact 26, the eight of the contact maytbe adjusted to any desired position. \Vhen at the desired position, a tightening of the clamping -device,27 will hold the contact in a fixed position and will furnish a good electrical path for a current flowing through the contact 25. The axial strain is principally on the screw. The-dctailed construction of this arrangement is shown in Fig. 6 and in essence is the same construction as that used for'holding carbon contact 21 before described. These clamping devices 22 and 27 are in reality brackets which are held to the place by screws 28. Pivoted on each one of the levers 24 is a secondary lever 29 provided with a cam surface 30. These cam surfaces project through openings in the centers of the levers 24 and have small projections 31 at their upper ends which hmit their out-ward movements through these openings. Springs 32 secured to levers 24 press these secondary levers outward with their ends 31 in engagement with the levers 24. The cams 30 on each one of the levers 29 is of a diiferent length as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

Pivotcd at 33 on the back of the board is a bail 34 which has on its central portion a roller 35. This bail extends through openings in the base 10 to the front thereof and straddles the entire series of levers24. The roller 35 is adapted to engage the cam surfaces 30 when the said roller is raised by swinging the bail 34 on its pivot 33. In the raising of the roller 35 in this way, it engages the cams 30 in succession so as to move'the levers 24 successively inward, thus causing the contacts 25 to successively engage the contacts 26. Springs 32 are of sufficient strength so that the levers 24 will be moved without deflecting the springs 32 so as to move the projections 31 away from engagement with the levers 24. \Vhen, however, the contacts 25 engage the contacts 26, the secondary levers 29 will be moved slightly on their pivots so as to move the projections 31 away from the levers 24. The object of this is to cause the contacts between the contact pieces 25 and contacts 26 to have a uniform and definite pressure determined by thetension of the springs 32. The adjustment of the contacts '26 as previously described is for the purpose of cansing a desired amount of such deflection.

.\t the right hand side of the base it) is a solenoid 36 provided with a. dash-pot attached to the lower portion as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The details of such dash-pot being .well known, it is not necessary to here describe them. On one side of the bail 34 is a boss 37 having a projecting pin 38 which extends into a connection to the connection between the solenoid and the dash-pot. This construction is so arranged that when the solenoid is actuated, the pin 33 and bites 37 will be raised so as to turn the bail 34 on its pivot 33 and cause the roller 35 to n'iove on the cam surfaces 30 and thereby move the levers 24 to close the contacts .25- on the contacts 26. \Vhen the solenoid 30 is deenergized, the weight of the several parts thus mentioned will cause the bail 34 to drop again to its lowest position, thus permitting the levers 24 to move outward. To insure this move1nent,-there is in the bail 34 a cross rod 39 which is adapted to engage cam surfaces 40 on the inner edges of the levers 24. This cross rod 39 not only moves the lovers 24 outward, but also, when the bail 34 is at its lowest position, prevents any one of the levers 24 from being accidentally moved inward so as to close the connection between 25 and 26. This cross rod is therefore not only an actuating 'device for moving the lovers 24 outward but is also a safety device for preventingaccidental closure of circuits. On the other side of the bail 34 is a metallic projection 41 which is of the general form shown in Figs. 1 and 8. When the bail is at; its lowest position, this projection is closely adjacent to the core of the magnet 11 and also closely adjacent to the armature lever 12, the armature of which is represented at 42. When the bait is at its upper position or any other position other than its lowest position, this project ion is removed from proximity to the core ot the magnet. 11. The arraugeincntjs such that. when the armature lever 19 falls back away from the magnet 11 the distance between the armature 42 and the pole of the magnet 11 will be too great for the magnetic force of thc'magnet acting directly on the arnniturc to attract the armature lever. The object of this projection extending, closely adjacent to the core of the magnet 11 and to the armature 42 is to furnish a magnetic path between the two which will be ctl'octivc to attract the armature and overcome lllt' weight of the levers when the prol jcction. -'|l is in its lower position. (icing back :i p farther in the proceedings. the object of furnishing this magnetic path at one time and not at another, is to prevent the attraction of the armature lever 12 at a time when the roller 35 is not at its lowest position; in other words, it is desirable to prevent the closure of the circuit through lhe'conlacts 16 and 21 at all times excepting when the circuit is open through all of the contact 20 and their contacts 25. Thus, if for any reason the bail 34 should become s uck and not fall to its lowest position so as to open all connections to the contacts 26, then any current sent through the magnet 11 will-fail to close the circuitthrough the contacts 21 until the difficulty has been overcome by causing the roller 35 to fall to its lowest position.

The magnet. 11 is a rather large and powerful one and the armature lever 12 is 0on paratively heavy: attracting this armature quickly by a powerful nnignct would n0!- mally cause a somewhat heavy blow and jarring shock by contact between the armature 42 and the pole of, the magnet 11. To mitigate the severity of this shock and rev I p duce the pounding action as much as possiblc, I insert a soft packing 4 between the armature l2 and the lever 12. The construction involved in inserting this packing is shown in detail in Figs. 4 and 5.

It has previously been mentioned that the contact is mounted on a spring 19 so as to make a yielding contact between the said contact 20 and contacts 21. The contact- 15 might similarly have been placed upon a spring, but I have chosen tovmount the contact in hollow post 13 upon the spring 17 and retain its outward movement by cross pin 44. The details of this construction are shown in Figs. 2 and 7.

It has been previously mentioned that the solenoid turns the bail ill on its pivot 33. The said bail with its roller 37 and the parts connected with the solenoid being somewhat heavy, I have applied a spring 45 around the pivoting shaft 33 as a means of partly balancing the weight of these parts. This spring is not sutlicient to fully balance the weight of the parts because it is desired that the weight of these parts will be sufiicicnt to have them tall with a fair degree of rapidity and to force outward the lovers l-t so as to separate the contacts 23 from the contacts 20.

In the upper part of Figs. 1 and 2 is shown a magnet 46 having its pole pieces 17 extending-each side of the contact 11;, When the armature lever 12 is attractcih contact is made between 15 and it; before it is made between 20 and .31, also when the armature !c\cr lJ falls back the connection is broken between it) and '21 before it is be l\\'lttl l5 and lti. The location of the pole pieces 17 n each side ot the contact 16 is to a t as u blow-out in a ltlillltnl' well known.

'llic circuit which this dcvirc controls is shown in Fig. J in the form ot a diagram in the said diagram A is an arbitrary reprt', ration t the armature of the motor \vl i ii. to ho started and l is an arbitrary rcpri cnt:ztion of the Field of said motor.

is a wit h intended to he closed lrv hand or in if manner, and L and If are th ines ll'fHlHlQ to the source of cneruv .tcg-r opwraliu I the A :5 the motor. jssuiningthat tlie ioxvest prsition and that all a current will tlmv l: the u'iagrnet 11 to line. The current attract the or I clos connection to the con A l hranrh current then r tron; flu line L throucgh the ontact 521 the line JR and thence M solenoid ill; to the other iimh ot This uill actuate illt' solenoid toiiri' id and tlnii-liv HIGH flit oorrrssion to their contacts 21' In time who ilic connections to the conxt--u Conn ti n is first made to the contact on th left hand oi the diagram. then to the thrline I t ii;

l the macro-t it will ow w n it. Hill on on step luv step down 2 iorvial loiug limit a moment to the ult ori; -irall v un-ntioned through the l M i and the solenoid 36, it is to he noilit'j'i is hranch from the line :2: we r: of resistances it and the it and thence on to the line L.

it. only a small amount of iioa through said arniature l closure to the contac 21. Im-

Low-var. upon the first lever 24 t conta ts 2U their will he an-- from i through and the a id first lever. This will cut "I" the resistance 49 which lies rusu-ction 5i and the line 48.

Will

t increase in the amount through the armature A. the ciosure of the second s Eh; aucthi-r portion he cut out and a variant wili flow As tho h'vcrs :2! 0 their contacts, the (Mt out iolcr-essivelv to its contact.

vontawf V i n w is 1; is (l rw 'l cl iltitl t as: r ver and its 'iontaci, i'uii run-rot to the armature A from the foregoing dci in losing [he switch the via the full line potential that "d to receive, iuit that ii 'i which macho; the armature on of the first lever 24',"

hr'ough the I of this cur l cause the rol l the movable r to engage tl l l l i moving said i the roll r to ru l and a series 0 l t l ac amount F tionary contact pieces,

at first very small. Also that the amount rent through the armature A is increased step by step until the full amount flows through said armature.

lVhat I claim isz-- 1. The combination with a series of stanary contacts and a corresponding series movable contacts. of a roller mounted and an electro-magnetic device for moving said arms so as to cause the roller to close the movable to the stationary contacts in succession.

2. In a device of the character described, a series of movable contacts and supports therefon a roller, pivoted arms upon which the roller is mounted, and an electric-magnetic device for moving the arms so as to lcr to engage the supports for contacts. 3. The combination \v ith a series of staa corresponding pieces, pivoted the movable contact a pivoted hail adapted le levers so as to move the same lertro-nnignetic means for operating the hail, of a part carried by the bail and serving to lock the levers so as to prevent them from being moved so as to cause accidentai closure of the movable contact pieces to the stationary ones.

4. The combination with a series of c0ntact devices, and a corresponding series of arms for closing them, of a spring supported cam pivoted to each arm, and an electrically controlled device for engaging said cams to operate said arms in succession.

A series of stationary contacts, a separate pivoted arm for each contact, a roller adapted to he moved simultaneously over said arms, cams carried by the arms and so arranged that upon the roller luring moved over them the arms will he moved successivclv to engagenn-nt with their contacts, and a yielding connection between each cam and its arm.

L A hail provided with a roller on its central portion, a series of arms provided with cams. electrirallv controlled means for hail on its pivot so as to cause rive over and engage the cams, 1' electrical connections closed successively by said ,arms through the ac-' tion of said roller on said cams.

T. The comhinatimi with a pivoted bail provided with a roller on its central portion, nd a solenoid for moving the bail on its ivot, of a series of contact devices, an arm or each contact device, said arms being coated within said bail and in a position to e engaged by the roiler when the bail is moved by the solenoid and means by which such movementv of the bail will cause said arms to close the contact: devices in succcsum.

series of movable Contact, levers upon which pieces are supported.

successively, and c p... M n: m

8. The eomliination with a cirruit pr0- Yifltti with a TOSi tiUKP, a series of contact derives for Putting out parts of sai-ft resistan -o in saireession, anal a moi'ahle member for controlling the open anrl rlosed condiiion of said contact derives of a iii-agnet and armature for initially closing; I-'-\f\ltt circuit, Stlitl armature when tree from a a! magnet living supported at nurh a l'llt'w'tzliht from the polo of the magnet that the magnetic Torre is insntlieient' to mow the armature, anf v a metallic hotly earrierl hy the controlling monilier and so related to sairl magnet filllt its armature as to furnish a lnagnntir path hrtween the magnet aml in: armature when the controlling nir-inlwr is in a position to maintain mill eontart ltt'lt'tfl opt-n.

.l. The combination with a mox'alale hotly an l an oleetrical runtart llt i-l!il clvvite the lien anti rloseel c'mltlltilm nt' wliirh 1i tit.- t'tlhitiiul by the pomtaonwf tho linn'aliio lm(l of a magnet. an armature thrrntor loeateel heymnl the operative range. thereof, alnl a nn-tallir l!t!ti adapted to he moved mljarent to the magnet and its armature an as l l l l to furnish a magnetic path from one to the other. the position of said metallic body being controlled by the position of said movable body.

10. A magnet and armature therefor, said arniat lire heing located heyonti the operative range of the magnet, and a hotly movable to ainl from a position adjacent to the magnet tllltl its armature, saitl hmly when adjacent to the magnet ainl armature serving a mag netie path from one to the other, substantially as deavriherl.

11. The combination with a magnet and an armature therefor, of nirnuit (losing (levires. a member for controlling the open aml Closed rontition of the circuit closing derives. anal 1:10am by Wllit'll the magnetic nth-rt ot' the magnet upon its armature is ronti'ullml hy the position of Stlltl member.

Siplfnml at (fhirago, lll.. this July 1910.

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